edit: I noticed this has been going around tumblr, and people are literally bashing it because of the ammount of folds. I accept critique as long as it's not obnoxious and just plain rude. I NEVER said this was the right way to draw folds whatsoever. Ever. I even stated it here. It's right over there, but I guess people don't take their time to read the artist's comments. I was just kindly trying to show the people who asked how I usually draw folds. Not only people bashed this tutorial, but they also browsed my gallery and just said every single artwork of mine is wrong. Again, it is a STYLISTIC choice of mine. And I'm not a professional artist. I'm still learning. As I said, I love constructive critique, but being rude is in a whole other level. Just clearing this out.

Gosh, since artblock got me good, I thought I'd do something real quick to show you guys how I usually do the cloth folding on my drawings. I got asked about that a lot, so I hope this helps

This is not 100% accurate, it's just the way I found to shade clothes in a nice and easy method. And I'm really sorry for my crappy handwritting, so just let me know if you can't read something and I'll gladly reply to you

Thanks so much for making this, especially because shading folds in clothes is really difficult, so hooray for this tutorial!! (and besides, adding a lot of good looking folds still looks 51634625235 times better than drawing in 2 or 3 badly done ones )

You're welcome And you could always use the excuse that you were clothing a mummy! All joking aside, it's useful. I need to brush up on my art (have been drawing but haven't practiced to improve in three years) and this will help.

You're welcome It's just a matter of practicing. I love looking at cloth and how it reacts to certain movements/situations, so observing is really the best to be done Even standing in front of a mirror helps!